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| Keywords: Portrait of Ishwari Sen of Mandi.jpg en This Company painting is a three-quarter length portrait of Ishwari Sen 1784-1826 Raja of Mandi in the Panjab Hills He holds a huqqa-stem with a Kashmir shawl draped over his left arm The painting was probably acquired by Lord Amherst during his visit to Delhi in 1827 and is misidentified on the front as being of the Sikh leader Maharaja Ranjit Singh; a Persian inscription on the back correctly identifies the sitter as Ishwari Sen 'Company paintings' were produced by Indian artists for Europeans living and working in the Indian subcontinent especially British employees of the East India Company They represent a fusion of traditional Indian artistic styles with conventions and technical features borrowed from western art Some Company paintings were specially commissioned while others were virtually mass-produced and could be purchased in bazaars circa 1825 painted http //collections vam ac uk/item/O16846/painting-portrait-of-ishwari-sen-of/ Unknown production PD-Old Mandi State Uploaded with UploadWizard Paintings of men of India 1825 in India Company style Art of India in the Victoria and Albert Museum 1820s paintings from India Hookahs in art | ||||
